headstone vs quoin

headstone

noun
  • The cornerstone or principal stone of a building. 

  • A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave. 

quoin

noun
  • The keystone of an arch. 

  • Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks. 

  • A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin. 

  • A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place. 

  • A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level. 

verb
  • To wedge or steady with quoins. 

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